Iconic Destination Photographers

Iconic destination wedding photographers from around the world that we know and love.

Lead Image: ladichosafotografia.com / @ladichosa

Photographer Discovery: As we celebrate our tenth anniversary, we find ourselves feeling both nostalgic and deeply grateful for our photographer community. So, we have curated the first part of our list (in no particular order) of iconic destination wedding photographers we know and love. Many are creatives we have worked with for years, in some cases close to a decade, growing alongside one another in a way that has felt meaningful and very special. Others are more recent connections, yet they already feel woven into the Together Journal story and family.

In the wedding world, we spend our days celebrating love stories, beauty and connection, yet the work behind it can often be surprisingly solitary. Long hours, remote locations, editing marathons and working quietly behind the scenes can make the process feel very individual. Not to mention balancing families and dealing with all the wonderful (and not so wonderful), unexpected things that pop up when you own and run a business. That is why building this community has meant so much to us. Growing together and creating connections and friendships has been one of the most meaningful parts of our journey so far.

The enduring support and the beautiful work our contributors and their couples have entrusted us to share across our print magazine, website, and social channels have been instrumental in shaping who we are today. We would not be the publication or the community we are without them or their world-class level of photography. We look forward to continuing to celebrate and discover more talented photographers in the years ahead.

As always, this discovery feature will be an ongoing, regular series that we’ll continue to release, introducing you to many more talented photographers. There are so many across the world, someone for every couple, every style and every location. For us, one of the greatest joys is discovering new talent, and bringing more peopel into our community, so stay tuned.

La Dichosa

La Dichosa is a fashion-forward wedding photographer and a true leader in editorial style wedding imagery. Every celebration they document feels like a fashion shoot, yet one that still holds the personality, emotion and intimacy of the day. Their aesthetic and editing style is unmistakable, polished yet deeply emotive, creating imagery that feels both elevated and honest.

We have been in awe of La Dichosa for quite some time and feel a thrill of anticipation every time we see a new wedding from them. Even the smallest detail becomes a work of art through their lens. It’s been a privilege to feature La Dichosa in print and online. We adore their work.

See more ladichosafotografia.com / @ladichosa

Benjamin Wheeler

UK-based photographer Benjamin Wheeler is known for his fine art approach to wedding photography. Working from London and travelling worldwide, Benjamin has a rare ability to document a wedding day in a way that feels artistic, relaxed and deeply honest. His work sits at the intersection of fine art and lived emotion. Ambient framing and dramatic compositions come together in images that naturally evoke the warmth, connection and unique rhythm of each celebration.

Benjamin’s style is guided by collaboration and trust. He works with a calm, unobtrusive presence, allowing moments to unfold organically while capturing them with an editorial eye. The result is imagery that feels elevated yet unforced, timeless yet full of life.

His work has been widely celebrated and has appeared in publications including Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Condé Nast Traveller, Vogue Britain, Vogue Spain, Martha Stewart Weddings, Sheerluxe, The Lane and Hola. We have been fortunate to feature Benjamin on a Together Journal cover, in several print weddings and across our digital platforms. Working with Benjamin over the years has been a joy.

See more benjaminthomaswheeler.com / @benjaminwheeler

Alice Mahran

Having refined her craft in Australia, Europe and across the world, Alice Mahran has created a body of work that feels both poetic and deeply human. Her artistic sensitivity and intuitive way of seeing have led her to photograph remarkable people, destinations and celebrations, as well as lend her vision to brands, capturing exclusive events and campaigns with quiet confidence. Her photographs carry a presence that draws you in, creating images that feel honest, emotional and enduring.

Alice is a pure creator at heart. She brings a calm, gracious and deeply professional energy to every shoot, allowing her subjects to feel seen, safe and fully themselves. She often says that while the accolades matter, what means the most is the people she has photographed over the years. Their love, warmth and stories have shaped the way she sees the world.

We have been fortunate to feature Alice’s work on two Together Journal covers and in multiple print and digital features over the years. Her work continues to inspire, reminding us of the beauty that exists in the simplest, most heartfelt moments. Side note: Alice also creates and sells pre-sets for professional photographers: Link Here

See more alicemahran.com / @alicemahran

Nicole Pleat

Nicole Plett is a storyteller and artist devoted to the art of noticing.

Specialising in documentary and editorial photography, Nicole works with analogue methods to capture the soul of life’s loveliest moments. Her imagery preserves honesty while reflecting on what is fleeting. Nicole is a curator of subtle textures, quiet gestures and those barely-there details that often hold the deepest meaning.

Guided by intuition and over a decade of experience, she knows when to step back, allowing the natural rhythm of a moment to reveal itself. A keen observer of nuance, she offers her clients a way to hold onto the ineffable, giving shape to memories that might otherwise slip away. Each frame feels unrepeatable, grounded in the truth of the moment it was made.

Nicole resides in New York City and often spends time in the Canadian Prairies with her partner, Devo, a multidisciplinary artist who works alongside her as a creative collaborator and second eye. Together, they document the intersections of life and love, capturing stories that feel deeply felt, intimately seen and beautifully remembered. Nicole has had several weddings published in print with us and more across our digital channels.

See more nicoleplett.com / @nicole__plett

Dear Vincent

Dear Vincent is a collective of artists redefining modern wedding storytelling through film and photography. Their work, celebrated for its daring originality and poetic emotion, has appeared in publications including The New York Times, Vogue US and British Vogue. They collaborate globally, from Europe to Southeast Asia, capturing love with cinematic depth and artistic rebellion. Each project becomes a sensory world of texture, truth, and movement, a living memory suspended between stillness and motion.

Dear Vincent’s films linger long after the final frame, an ode to love’s untamed beauty. Dear Vincent is more of a recent connection for us, but we love their vibe and have some very exciting features and weddings from them coming.

See more dearvincent.co / @dear.vincent

Zara Staples

Zara Staples and her partner Jarad are analogue and digital photographers and filmmakers based in Auckland, often found travelling across the world for the couples and stories they are drawn to. Working with 35mm and 120 medium format film alongside digital, as well as Super 8 and 16mm in their motion picture offerings, they bring a beautifully textured and cinematic approach to documenting a wedding day.

Originally from Gisborne, Zara has been photographing since she was eleven, and fifteen years behind the lens has shaped a style that is documentary and unobtrusive, with a hint of editorial and a love of rich, expressive colour. Her work is deeply rooted in connection, capturing people as they truly are. Jarad grew up in Katikati and first fell in love with image-making while documenting friends skating, later moving into live music photography and spending four years touring throughout the US as a tour photographer. Their worlds converged naturally, and now they travel together, splitting their time between New Zealand, the UK and Los Angeles.

Their approach is instinctive and intuitive. They observe, listen and allow the day to unfold, documenting honest moments, tender quietness and the joyful chaos of celebration. Working as a team adds depth and dimension to every story they tell.

Zara is a true Together Journal gem, with numerous print and digital features and our current Together Journal cover to her name. Zara and Jarad’s work continues to inspire, offering imagery that feels personal, contemporary and full of soul.

See more zarastaples.com / @arastaplesweddings

Jimmy Raper

Jimmy Raper is an Australian photographer who travels the world to document weddings with a deeply truthful and intuitive approach. He believes that the most meaningful way to capture a wedding day is to let it unfold naturally, without staging or manufacturing moments that are already perfect in their own quiet way. Jimmy is drawn to the intimate and often unnoticed details, the small movements and glances that reveal who you are and the love you share.

His work carries a strong editorial sensibility and has been recognised by publications such as Vogue. Yet despite the polish and refinement in his imagery, there is always a sense of honesty and emotional depth at the core.

We have featured Jimmy’s weddings online, and in the early days of Together Journal, he photographed imagery for print interviews. It has been a joy to watch his work evolve and his profile rise over time, while remaining grounded in authenticity. His photographs feel tender, lived-in and real. They reflect love as it is truly experienced, rather than performed.

See more jrwp.com.au / @jimmy_raper

Keryn Sweeny

Keryn is an Auckland-based wedding and editorial photographer, and mother to two spirited young girls. Photography is central to her life, both personally and professionally. Her style blends documentary ease with an editorial eye, capturing weddings in a way that feels natural, creative and deeply connected. She is known for helping her couples and their guests feel relaxed, allowing real moments to unfold.

A passionate film photographer, Keryn offers film within her packages, as well as film-only options for couples who love the texture and nostalgia of analogue imagery. She also travels regularly, spending part of each year in the Northern Hemisphere photographing destination weddings.

We have featured countless weddings from Keryn across Together Journal in print and online, and she has been a regular fashion photographer for us. She has been one of our most frequent and valued contributors over the years and is very much part of the Together Journal family. Her work continues to inspire due to its honesty, beauty, and ease.

See more kerynsweeneyweddings.com / @kerynsweeneyphotographer

Kristin Piteo

For more than thirteen years, Kristin Piteo has documented weddings across the United States, Europe, South Africa, Asia and South America, capturing love stories that feel both timeless and alive. Her work invites a quiet sense of connection, preserving the intimate bonds between two souls and the atmosphere surrounding them.

Her approach is editorial yet natural. Kristin gently balances sweeping cinematic landscapes with tender, fleeting moments, documenting not only how a wedding looks but how it truly feels. Her imagery is shaped by earth and mineral tones, drawing inspiration from the natural world and its subtle shifts in light and texture.

With an intuitive understanding of each couple’s own love language, she captures connection with elegance and ease. There is softness and depth in her work, a soulful quality crafted with honesty and artistry. Her photographs are designed to be lived with, loved and treasured for generations.

Kristin’s work has been featured in Vogue, Brides, Over The Moon, The Lane, Anti-Bride, The Wed, Lensel, The Bridal Journey and Together Journal. We have been fortunate to publish several of her destination weddings in print, some of our most memorable, as well as more across our digital channels.

See more kristinpiteo.com / @kristinpiteophoto

Klaui Varadi

Klaui was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary, before moving to California at the age of fifteen, where she fell in love with the light, the coastline and the easy sense of possibility. A romantic at heart, she has always been drawn to love stories. It is this openness and tenderness that led her to photography, where she now documents weddings with a sense of sincerity, intimacy and quiet beauty.

Klaui strives to create images that feel true to who you are as a couple, photographs that allow you to look back and relive the emotion of the moment as if it were yesterday. She believes every love story is unique and considers it a privilege to capture such defining chapters in people’s lives. Her work is warm, heartfelt and full of feeling. And yes, she loves coffee.

Klaui is a newer contributor to Together Journal, but already one whose work we have featured both in print and online. We are watching her closely, not only because we adore her photography, but because we believe she is on her way to becoming one of the greats.

See more klauivaradi.com / @klauivaradi

Emotions + Math

Emotions and Math is a Melbourne-based collective of photographers and filmmakers who are drawn to the quiet, in-between moments. Their work is rooted in the belief that the truest parts of a wedding are often the ones that unfold softly, without direction. Twice named among Australia’s 23 Best Wedding Photographers and most recently recognised by THE WED as one of the 30 Best Wedding Photographers in the World, they continue to create work shaped by trust, presence and the stories couples invite them into.

Their approach blends documentary storytelling with an editorial sensibility, resulting in imagery that feels ethereal, soft and muted, yet grounded in truth. They look for the fleeting gestures that often go unnoticed but hold the emotional weight of the day. The brush of a hand. The hush before a vow. Light moving through lace. A shared laugh caught just before it breaks. These are the moments that linger, and they are the foundation of everything Emotions and Math create.

Their work has taken them across continents, from the sunlit shores of Australia to the vineyard hills of Italy, through Florence, Lake Como, Sicily and Sorrento. They have photographed among the alpine peaks of Switzerland and the vibrant streets of Hong Kong, felt the ocean air in Bali and traced golden light in Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand. Their cameras have also followed love through New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Paris and Antwerp, always returning to the idea that beauty exists most powerfully in the fleeting.

We love their fun, distinctive and slightly offbeat style, and we feel honoured to have featured their work in Together Journal print issues several times, and many more times across our website and social platforms. They are a collective we admire deeply, and we look forward to celebrating more stories together.

See more emotionsandmath.com.au / @emotionsandmathweddings

Sapphire Studios

Sapphire Studios blends a modern editorial sensibility with timeless cinematic imagery to capture the true feeling of a wedding day. Their work is rooted in emotion and presence, preserving moments in a way that remains vivid and meaningful for years to come.

Based in Auckland and travelling worldwide, they believe every love story is unique. Their approach is less about direction and more about observation, allowing each celebration to unfold naturally. The result is a visual narrative that reflects the couple, the energy of the day and the beauty found in genuine connection.

Their style draws from fashion editorial and documentary travel photography, moving seamlessly between sweeping, cinematic scenes and quiet, intimate moments. They look for warmth, texture and truth: a shared glance, the softness of evening light, laughter carried between friends. These are the details that hold the heart of the day.

Sapphire Studios aims to give couples a gallery that feels both unexpected and familiar, offering a perspective that allows them to relive the joy and atmosphere of their wedding as if they were guests themselves.

Another OG contributor, we have featured Sapphire Studios many times in Together Journal, in print and across our digital channels, and they have had a Together Journal cover. Their work is consistently dreamy, emotive and enduring, and always a joy to share.

See more sapphirestudios.co.nz / @sapphirestudios___

Bek Smith

Natural, light-drenched photographs with a quiet sense of timeless beauty define the work of Bek Smith. Her imagery is soulful and deeply observant, capturing the intimate, unscripted moments that shape a wedding day. The anticipation, joy, excitement and love between you are translated into frames that feel both poetic and honest. These are photographs that will live on, long after the day itself.

With a background in fashion photography, Bek brings an intuitive understanding of composition, movement and light. You can see it in the way she reads a room, the way she positions herself to catch a gown lifted by a gentle breeze, and how she documents every subtle detail that contributes to the full story of your day. Nothing is forced, nothing is missed.

Bek is also one of our OG contributors, with two Together Journal covers to her name and countless editorial and real wedding features across our print and digital platforms. Her work continues to inspire, offering couples imagery that is both enduring and full of feeling.

See more beksmith.com / @beksmithimages

Stephan & Nakita

Stephan and Nakita Studio is a celebrated photography and film duo with more than twelve years of experience. Originally based in New Zealand and now living between the United Kingdom and Europe, their work is shaped by travel, atmosphere and a deep appreciation for connection. From the very beginning, Stephan and Nakita have been committed to creating wedding imagery that feels timeless and emotionally true. Their films and photographs are not simply recordings of events, but living stories, rich with feeling and memory.

They are drawn to the real and in-between moments that often pass unnoticed, capturing the subtle gestures, shared glances and quiet pauses that give a day its soul. Their style is feminine and nostalgic, with a softness that feels both cinematic and deeply personal. There is mood and depth in their storytelling, yet nothing ever feels forced. Instead, their presence is gentle, observant and attuned to the heart of the day.

Stephan and Nakita are among the original Together Journal contributors. We have featured countless weddings from them in print and across our digital channels, and we have worked with them on both photography and film projects over the years. Their work has been woven into the visual identity of Together Journal since our earliest issues, and they have had two Together Journal covers.

What we love most about Stephan and Nakita is their ability to make every story feel intimate and poetic. Their images feel lived in, warm and full of memory, like pages torn from a personal archive.

See more stephanandnakitastudio.com / @stephanandnakita